To: xzins
IIRC they tried him under a section of the UCMJ that is for Officers, but he is only an NCO so I think they are just using him as a scapegoat. He stated that he would not follow orders and then clarified it to state that he would not follow illegal orders. That is a proper statement for an of our service personnel to make.
The military brass is trying to give cover to the POS in the White House and to cover their own butts also.
37 posted on
04/16/2012 8:53:34 AM PDT by
Ratman83
To: Ratman83
Article 88 definitely doesn’t apply. Maybe they can stretch Article 89 since the President is the Commander in Chief. I don’t know.
If the Sergeant used a government computer or gave any impression whatsoever that he was speaking as a Marine and not as a citizen, then he was in violation of other provisions that have nothing to do with article 88.
38 posted on
04/16/2012 9:51:47 AM PDT by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
To: Ratman83
There was no trial, so the UCMJ article is irrelevant.
It was an administrative proceeding.
41 posted on
04/16/2012 10:16:30 AM PDT by
Not A Snowbird
(Never borrow batteries out of your smoke alarm!)
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